INFLUENCE OF PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY ON BRICK PRODUCTIVITY AMONG WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS - EVIDENCE FROM BRICK KILNS OF JORHAT DISTRICT OF ASSAM
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.3332Keywords:
Brick Productivity, Provisions, Social Security, Women, WorkersAbstract [English]
This research study attempts to investigate the impact of provisions of key social security facilities on production of bricks at two distict levels – women migrant workers’ level and brick klin level by collecting primary data from 156 women brick kiln migrant workers in the age group of 18 to 60 years through multistage judgement sampling method from 15 sample brick kilns of Jorhat district of Assam. Out of the key social security services, status of health facilities (p value = .013, <0.05); status of social security facilities (p value = .040, <0.05); provision of drinking water (p value = .015, <0.05) and maternity benefits (p value = .021, <0.05); are the very significant predictors of brick production at women migrant workers’ as well as brick kiln level. This study recommends that brick kiln entrepreneurs with greater investment and deep focus on social security amenities to women migrant workers can increase the quality and quantity of their brick productivity.
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